Insecure novelists want to show off their vocabulary out of fear of sounding ignorant. If I don't use obscure words, they seem to think, how will readers know that I have a college degree? If I use simple words, won't people think I'm a simpleton? Such attitudes make for deadly writing.
Ralph Keyes, Courage to Write, 1995
Ralph Keyes, Courage to Write, 1995
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